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Stéphane Denève Returns to Severance Hall

Stéphane Denève - photo by Drew Farrell
Stéphane Denève - photo by Drew Farrell

Biannual Cleveland Orchestra concerts led by Stéphane Denève are becoming a regular thing at Severance Hall. The popular and dynamic conductor, recently named Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, met with WCLV's John Simna for a conversation about the fascinating and eclectic concert series this weekend featuring Jennifer Higdon's  blue cathedral, James MacMillan's Piano Concerto No. 3 "Cathedral of Light" with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Debussy's  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and the riveting  Poem of Ecstasy by visionary composer Alexander Scriabin.